I take it you haven't played PoE2? PoE2 actually does a pretty good job at giving you options to deal with encounters. Encounters in general, not just the major ones. Maybe I ran into two dragons but I can only recall clearly one. I could talk to this one and persuade her(?) to leave, aside from a couple other options.

Last edited by Try2Handing; 28/06/19 12:06 PM.
"We make our choices and take what comes and the rest is void."